During the World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in 2002, UNESCO assessed the contribution made by the World Conference on Cultural Policies, held in Mexico City in 1982, the World Decade for Cultural Development (1988-1997), the 1996 report on the World Commission on Culture and Development (Our Creative Diversity), the Stockholm Intergovernmental Conference on Cultural Policies for Development, held in 1998 and the 2001 UNESCO Declaration on Cultural Diversity.
en 1982, el Decenio Mundial para el Desarrollo Cultural (1988-1997), el informe de 1996 de la Comisión Mundial de Cultura y Desarrollo (Nuestra diversidad creativa), la Conferencia Intergubernamental sobre Políticas Culturales para el Desarrollo de Estocolmo, celebrada en 1998 y la Declaración de la UNESCO de 2001 sobre la Diversidad Cultural.